October 28, 2008: NC State to celebrate new 'Internet for Energy' center.
NC State will celebrate its new NSF Engineering Research Center dedicated to building an "Internet for energy" and bringing renewable energy into millions of homes and businesses. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. in the Progress Energy Conference Center on the 3rd floor of Engineering Building II on Centennial Campus.

September 22, 2008: Short course training for Fall 08 AFS Conference (Hilton University Place, Charlotte, NC). Short course training will kickoff the
American Filtration & Separations Society (AFS) Conference. The conference, scheduled for 9/23/08-9/25/08, will consist of two tracks: Track I is titled Filter Testing; Evaluation, Procedures and Validation, and Track II is titled Infrastructure & Sustainability; Filtration Growth Market.

June 15-18, 2008: 82nd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (McKimmon Center, NC State, Raleigh, NC). NC State is hosting this major international meeting, which will have a strong focus on nanoscience, including sessions on "Nanoscale Synthesis," "Nanoscale and Microscale Engineering," and a few others. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 2/29/08.

April 6-9, 2008: Nanomaterials & Hyperthermia: Nanotechnology Approaches to Medicine (Historic Brookstown Inn, Winston-Salem, NC). Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials will host a gathering of scientists, engineers and medical researchers at a workshop that will explore the science and emerging business of nanomaterials used in medicine.

April 4, 2008: NC State NanoDays (NC State, Raleigh, NC). Join us for NanoDays 2008 at NC State University. NanoDays is a state-wide event designed to open the world of nanoscale science and nanotechnology to citizens, teachers, and students.

April 3, 2008: Forum on Nanotechnology & Alternative Energy. (Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC).
In this forum, participants become the decision makers, weighing the possible environmental benefits of nanotechnology against its potential pitfalls.

February 27, 2008: Physics/Engineering Colloquium: Steven J. Sibener (Engineering Building 1, NC State, Raleigh, NC). Steven J. Sibener, from the James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago, will present "Interfacial Dynamics of Polymers and SAMs: Glassy Dynamics, Hierarchical Assembly and the Quest for Perfection" at 4 p.m. in Room 1007 in EB1 on Centennial Campus.
Hosts: Thomas Pearl and Jan Genzer.

February 21, 2008: Nanotechnology Integration Forum (Park Alumni Center, NC State, Raleigh, NC). Dozens of NC State faculty, as well as representatives from state government and industry, shared information on their nanotechnology-related research and education programs to spark new ideas for cross-disciplinary collaborations.

January 15, 2008: NANO@NC STATE Web Site Launch Event (NC State, Raleigh, NC). Dozens of NC State faculty, staff, and students gathered in Engineering Building 1 to celebrate the launch of a new web site: NANO@NC STATE (www.ncsu.edu/nano).